A Winner When Fighting Cancer – Lose Weight
Obesity in America has made headlines again in the news this month. Shocker.
But, this time it isn’t for high blood pressure, diabetes, or heart disease. That’s old news. New information has surfaced this month about new numbers that were recently published by the American Institute for Cancer. Here they are:
Obesity is a leading cause for:
-28% of Pancreatic Cancer- (11,900 cases/yr.)
-49% of Endometrial Cancer- (20,700 cases/yr.)
-9% of Colon Cancer-(13,200 cases/yr.)
-24% of Kidney Cancer- (13,900 cases/yr.)
So, if we do the math, that is 59,700 cases of cancer that could be prevented in just those four areas every year if Americans worked on obtaining a healthy weight throughout their lives.
Now, 59,700 cases doesn’t seem like a lot, but that’s 59,700 people who won’t have to go through the horrible experiences of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. That’s 59,700 people who won’t have to feel fear, and whose loved ones don’t have to shed tears for an experience that could have been prevented. Finally, that’s 59,700 people who may not have to experience the financial problems that accompany fighting cancer.
Other types of cancer that obesity causes are esophageal, gallbladder and colorectal bringing the number of cases of cancer caused by high body fat to 100,000 a year!
So, if the little reasons like not fitting into your clothes, not feeling confident, and not having a relationships with the opposite sex ARE NOT enough to push you to take the steps to lose excess fat off your body, then do it to prevent cancer from ever entering your life.
Source:ezinearticles.com
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